Forbidden Forests

This is coming to you from our Patreon this week! Lets discuss some forests with dark pasts and spooky reputations. I am covering two with strange ring-like clearings where nothing grows and we do not know why. One is The Tramping Ground in NC and the other is in Transylvania, Romania, of all places. The Hoia-Baciu forest in Romania has a long list of paranormal reports from UFOs to werewolves to vengeful spirits. Even the trees grow crooked in this place. Literally. Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt Fuji in Japan is also known as the Suicide Forest (in English) as it has an unfortunate history of the act taking place there. There have been numerous deaths by suicide in this forest every year since the 1960s especially. Why and how is this being handled today? Finally, we head to Germany to traverse the Black Forest. This one has inspired a number of Grimms' Fairytales and there are many stories and heaps of folklore attached to these woods. Alongside this one, we are talking about the Hinterkaifeck Murders as some have connected the two. These locations are over 100 miles apart according to what I have read. Either way, the story of the murders is well-known and has been one of Germany's most gruesome and puzzling crimes. It is still unsolved. Thank you to all of our listeners and supporters! Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thepoisonersalmanac⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Merch-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://poisonersalmanac.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Poisoner's Almanac IG-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/poisoners_almanac?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠